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1858 Jan 14, East Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA 
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1858 Jan 16, East Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
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MARY AUGUSTA HICKEY
1887 Nov 23, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
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1929 May 18, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
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Malden, Middlesex County, MA, USA
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politician
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Patrick Joseph Kennedy was the first Kennedy to enter into politics
during an era of ward bosses that controlled the political machinery
of Boston. In 1886 he was elected to the State Senate for his ward
and served three terms. He married Mary Augusta Hickey, the daughter
of a prosperous businessman.
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1857 Dec 6, Winthrop, Suffolk County, MA, USA
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PATRICK JOSEPH KENNEDY
1887 Nov 23, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
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1923 May 20, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
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Malden, Middlesex County, MA, USA
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1863 Feb 11, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
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1863 Feb 12, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
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MARY JOSEPHINE HANNON
1889 Sep 18, Concord, Middlesex County, MA, USA
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1950 Oct 3, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
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1950 Oct 5, West Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA, USA
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Boston Mayor
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1865 Oct 31, Town of Acton, Middlesex County, MA, USA
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JOHN FRANCIS "HONEY FITZ" FITZGERALD
1889 Sep 18, Concord, Middlesex County, MA, USA
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1964 Aug 8, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA, USA
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Mary Josephine's family tried to discourage her marriage to John
Fitzgerald. As second cousins they needed a dispensation from the
Catholic Church. (Canon law at the time forbid marriages which fell
within the third degree of consanguinity.) The underlying reason was
probably the fear that Josie, as she was called, and John would risk
producing retarded children. However, the love match prevailed as
records show that the dispensation was granted on September 7 and the
marriage took place September 18.
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1888 Sep 6, East Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
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1888 Sep 9, East Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
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ROSE ELIZABETH FITZGERALD
1914 Oct 7, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
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1969 Nov 18, Hyannis Port, Barnstable County, MA, USA
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After 18 Nov 1969, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA, USA
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Ambassador
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Born in 1888, the grandson of an Irish immigrant, Joseph Patrick
Kennedy had an enormous drive to acquire both fame and fortune. His
often cited goal was to be a millionaire by the age of 35. Within a
year and a half of graduating from Harvard College, he had progressed
from bank clerk through bank examiner to bank president and was on
his way. Publicity from being the youngest U. S. bank president
opened doors to other opportunities. Soon his financial enterprises
embraced real estate, the stock market and motion pictures. Kennedy's
accumulated wealth by 1929 enabled him to establish one million dollar
trust funds for each of his children. In the 1930's he began to put
his intelligence, personality and money into politics. His
involvement in Roosevelt's inner circle during the presidential
campaign led him to believe he would receive a cabinet post. Although
that never materialized, he was chosen to head the newly created
Securities and Exchange Commission, the regulatory body set up to
govern the financial community. Later, he headed the Maritime
Commission. However, his most famous appointment was that of
ambassador to the Court of Saint James. He served from 1937 until
1940 when he retired from public service and returned to the business
world. In 1961 he suffered a debilitating stroke followed by relapses
and heart attacks that left him virtually incapacitated until his
death in 1969.
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1890 Jul 22, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
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JOSEPH PATRICK KENNEDY
1914 Oct 7, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA
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1995 Jan 22, Hyannis, MA, USA
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Hyannis Port, Barnstable County, MA, USA
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ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY
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1925 Nov 20, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA, USA
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[PRIVATE]
1950 Jun 17, Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT, USA
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1968 Jun 6, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA, USA
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After 6 Jun 1968, Arlington, 22209, Arlington County, VA, USA
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US Senator
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Robert F. Kennedy was intense and introverted with a black-and-white
philosophy of life. Things, ideas and people were either good or evil
and his purpose was to expiate the evil. Very religious, at one point
he considered entering the priesthood. After graduation from Harvard
University and the University of Virginia Law School, he worked for
McCarthy's subcommittee on internal security and then for the
committee of inquiry into racketeering and corruption in the labor
movement. Based on these hearings he wrote his book on union
corruption, The Enemy Within. Bobby played an instrumental part in
Jack's presidential election, and was subsequently appointed Attorney
General despite adverse public reaction. He presided over the
Department of Justice for 44 months, gaining respect as he dealt
firmly with civil rights and labor issues. After JFK's assassination
Bobby became the head of the Kennedy clan and the inheritor of the
Kennedy legacy. Elected to the Senate from New York in 1964, he used
that office to gear up for a 1968 presidential bid. He became the
champion of the dispossessed and tried to forge a coalition of the
young, the poor, blacks and intellectuals. He was well on his way to
the nomination when he was assassinated by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan June
5, 1968.
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